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Olu
Amoda in Season II

Currently
showing at Art Twenty One, Eko Hotel, Victoria Island,Lagos, Season ii, a solo exhibition by Olu
Amoda, ends on June 25, 2017

Art Twenty One describes Amoda as one of
Nigeria’s most celebrated visual artists whose sculptures and mixed media works
combine discarded metal fragments to form hybrid figurative and abstract
installations.

The space adds that “as the third solo
exhibition of Olu Amoda at Art Twenty One, Season ii presents the artist’s new
body of work created over the past two years.”

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Quintessence
Shows Ukenedo’s Silent Voices

Apple of My Eyes

The
artist says Silent Voices asserts
that the face out there is an art piece; for we cry, we squint, we gaze, we
frown, we glaze, we scowl, we pout, we leer, we scoff…at the checkered rhythms
of life. When we are stripped of words, the eyes are the messengers of the
soul.

---------------------------------------------------------------Bits of Borno Art in Lagos

From February 9 to 11, 2017, Borno State
Government in collaboration with The Centre For Creative Arts & Talent,
Abuja will present Bits of Borno, an exhibition of recent
photographs by Fati Abubakar at the Omenka Gallery, Lagos.

Work from the exhibition

Through a careful selection
of 61 photographs, the exhibition provides a counter narrative to the negative headlines of despair
and destruction caused by the Boko Haram insurgency by showcasing the
beauty, culture, tradition and most importantly, the resilience of the Borno
people. "There's a slow gradual
return despite all of the adversity. I want people to remember us not only for
our culture and tradition, but also for our resilience during this conflict. My
favourite photos of Borno are mostly of markets—to me, it is a sign that the
city is still alive."

Fati Abubakar
was born and raised in Maiduguri, Borno State. She developed a passion for
photography, which led to the creation of her series ‘Bits of
Borno’. Since September 2015, Abubakar has interviewed, as well as taken
pictures of the residents with a mission to change the perception of Boko Haram
brutality associated with Borno State.

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‘Sweet Intoxication’ of Sor Sen In Painting

Sor Sen,
an Abuja based artist shows a solo exhibition of paintings titled Sweet
Intoxication, at the Nordic Hotel, Abuja.

Face
Value” (series), oil on canvas, 2016

The artist believes the world has always been
in a constant flux, which he notes could be given several interpretations, based
on individual experiences. Excerpts from his Artist Statement: Sometimes it
could be that of tragedy or pure joy emanating from the soul. However, his
concern in this exhibition is to look at pleasant moments that are
breathtaking, a split second of ecstasy that is capable of switching a sad mood
to that of joy. Again, this exhibition is a breath of fresh air and a deviation
on how we view humanity from the single construct of tragedies flooded in the
mainstream media.

He
got trained at Nigeria’s premier art school, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He
has also won so many awards to his credit. Sor, describes his ideas as always evolving.
The works appear to be a conglomeration of post impressionism, surrealism and
abstract expressionism. This he says
that, “for me I do this consciously to maintain my artistic sanity or insanity,
to keep the mind open to ideas, either in form or context.

In some of the works symbolism seem to be at
the centre stage where alluring motifs of butterflies and flowers are used in
portraying his ideas. This exhibition marks his third individual showing, since
he completed his post graduate studies. For the artist, inspiration is relevant
to the production of his paintings. And as thus, it could be sourced from a simple
conversation, a book, movie, poem or music.